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This short article is reported to have been written by the wife of King Ahasuerus' Chamberlain Hatach, food editor of the The Persian Village Voice. Unfortunately we were only able to obtain an excerpt and not the whole megillah.
(10 Adar, Shushan) The Kingdom is still abuzz with the news of the delectable two-night private banquet commissioned by Queen Esther of Shushan for her husband, King Ahasuerus of Persia. Word has it that the idea for the feast came to the Queen while donning her royal apparel in the inner court of the palace: "I thought, heck--why not have a wine feast? The King drinks an awful lot of wine and it's been forever since I've gotten to entertain in my own house."
A slight stir was caused when the guest of honor, the King's Royal Advisor, Haman, was asked to leave his gift of a kid seethed in its mother's milk at the door. "I thought it was pot luck. Who knew?" was his response. Ever since moving into the palace, the Queen has been driving the banquet staff crazy ordering two sets of every dish and utensil. "Her eating habits are a little weird, but boy can she cook!" stated a close friend who asked to remain unnamed.
On the first night of feasting, Queen Esther herself presented her guests with a delectable platter of chicken with chickpeas, saffron, raisins, ginger and couscous. Even though she has thousands of servants at her beck and call, the Queen was determined to prepare the dish herself and serve it to her guests personally. On the second night the main dish was . . . chicken with chickpeas, saffron, raisins, ginger, and couscous. When asked about her menu choice, the Queen replied, "I have to be honest with you. This is the only thing I know how to cook--really. My Uncle Mordechai who sits outside the palace gates told me it is important for a girl to be able to cook one thing in the event she is not taken out to dinner."
Though the banquet was a private one--set in the Queen's chambers--a separate party was convened for the 720 runners-up of the King's beauty contest and their sponsors.
As far as we can tell, a good time was had by all. Yet, although delighted to see that dessert was served in the shape of his hat, Haman was concerned that the braided bread, for which the Queen is the talk of the town, was served to him twisted in the shape of a noose.
Chicken with Chickpeas, Saffron, Raisins, Ginger and Couscous for 800
- 400 kilograms of chickpeas (or use canned)
- 1200 cloves of garlic, halved
- salt as required
- 400 medium chickens, about 400 kilograms in total
- 1 pound each ground ginger and pepper
- 5 handfuls pulverized saffron
- 1 pound turmeric
- 6 pounds fresh parsley, chopped fine
- 1 stick of cinnamon per chicken, about 8 cm. long
- 200 onions, chopped finely
- 2 urns olive oil
- 200 onions, sliced thinly
- 5 pounds raisins
1. Have the servants sort through the chickpeas, cover with water and soak overnight.
2. In a small bowl, make a paste of half the garlic cloves and 1kilo of salt. With this mixture, rub the chickens inside and out. Let stand 10-15 minutes and then rinse the chickens under running water. Pat dry.
3. In another bowl, combine the ginger, pepper and remaining garlic and grind to a paste. Add an urn of water and mix well. Rub the chickens inside and out with this mixture, cover and keep cold overnight.
4. Drain the chickpeas, rinse well and place in a large saucepan. Pour over fresh water to cover, bring to the boil and reduce the flame. Cover and simmer until the chickpeas are tender (about an hour).
5. Transfer the chicken to a lightly greased casserole and pour over any liquids remaining in the bowl. Add the saffron, turmeric, parsley, cinnamon, chopped onion and olive oil. Pour over 400 cups of water (or stock) and bring to the boil. Reduce the flame, cover and simmer for 1 hour, turning the chicken 4-5 times. After one hour, remove the chicken and set aside to keep warm.
6. Add the sliced onion, cooked chickpeas and raisins to the casserole and cook until the onions are soft and the sauce has reduced to a thick gravy. Return the chicken to the sauce and heat through. Correct the seasoning with salt and pepper to taste. To serve, transfer the chicken to a preheated unbelievably deep serving dish, spoon over the chickpeas and sauce and serve immediately with couscous made according to the directions on the box.
7. Serve with kosher wine.
Until we eat again . . .
Lisa Kelvin Tuttle is the Communications Director for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. She has professional experience in the gourmet, catering, and health-food fields, as well as being an experienced kosher camp cook. This article firstappeared in the March 2006 Purim spoof issue of The Philadelphia Jewish Voice, for which Lisa writes a monthly food column, The Kosher Table.


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I sort my 2D meshes so I can achieve true order independent transparency. But I want instancing too… The problem is that you basically have to draw all of your meshes that use one type of geometry at once, so I suppose by default the two cannot be combined.
Is there a way to make this work?


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In Ohio, the $140 million Hilton Columbus Downtown is approaching completion for a scheduled fall 2012 opening.
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Posted Sep 15, 2007 @ 7:12 AM
The actor Chace Crawford is not very good in my opinion. He reminds me too much of Teddy Dunn from VM. Nice to look at but wishing he wouldn't open his mouth to act. His scenes are not very believable and he has no chemistry with Blake on screen or Leighton for that matter. I'm giving him a chance to improve though.
Posted Sep 15, 2007 @ 11:50 AM
Posted Sep 19, 2007 @ 11:26 AM
Posted Sep 20, 2007 @ 1:00 AM
He reminds me too much of Teddy Dunn from VM.
This makes me think. Teddy Dunn wound up being a dud on VM, and I think that's why Logan wound up becoming the second male lead on the show--since Jason Dohring could act and had chemistry with other actors on the set, he was recast as Veronica's love interest halfway through the first season. The show would've gone in such a different direction, I feel, if Teddy Dunn had screen presence.
But what will the Gossip Girl scribes do if their Nate turns out to suck? Since the show is based on a series of books, it's not like Nate can be written out of the show and a secondary male lead can be bumped up, right? I wonder if it could be done.
Posted Sep 20, 2007 @ 8:45 AM
I recognize that the universe of Gossip Girl watchers and the universe of early-'80s Celtics fans might not overlap to any huge degree, but I for one welcome Tiny to TWoP.
Edited by Teddy44, Sep 20, 2007 @ 8:46 AM.
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Posted Sep 25, 2007 @ 3:51 AM
I get the Teddy Dunn comparison as well, and I just have my fingers crossed that he warms up to his role soon and gets better. I make it a point to give an actor a shot beyond the pilot before completely judging them- it's a new cast, they don't all know each other.. it takes some people longer than others to mesh.
Posted Sep 26, 2007 @ 9:09 PM
Chace's acting is much improved in this show, however.
Posted Sep 30, 2007 @ 4:52 PM
Also I have to say I cannot see why Blair is so into him (apart from the obvious, but how long is that going to last?), as a person he seems so blank, I'm not sure if this is the character or the actor (since I haven't read the books) but I find myself thinking she (and Serena) can do much better. I would definitely be ok with him getting a little less screentime in favour of the others though.
Posted Oct 3, 2007 @ 8:43 AM
Where's the reaction to his father pimping him to Blair?
Posted Oct 4, 2007 @ 9:46 AM
Why all the gel in his hair? Ick.
I love him in the books, actually, but in the show I'm finding Dan much hotter.
Posted Oct 9, 2007 @ 1:29 AM
Why all the gel in his hair? Ick.
That's what I wonder about a lot of guys I see every day. Guys style their hair too much, guys use too much styling products like gel and wax, I find it very much a 21st century guy thing. :) Heck, I probably have too much styling product in my hair right now, and I was being reserved in front of the mirror this morning. ;)
Me, I've been completely taken by the actor's reddish hair and bright blue eyes ever since I learned about him through "Covenant" promotional material, so I'm probably biased. This or this is just over-styled hotness to me, and as long as that's being broughten I'm so down with anything concerning Nate. *shallow*
Edited by Bo Davis, Oct 9, 2007 @ 1:30 AM.
Posted Oct 18, 2007 @ 7:41 AM
The Awful Truth link
Posted Oct 18, 2007 @ 1:59 PM
Posted Oct 21, 2007 @ 2:40 PM
Well, they'd certainly make very pretty (Chace) and talented (ALL Carrie, no offense haha!) babies!
Posted Nov 4, 2007 @ 9:18 AM
Posted Nov 4, 2007 @ 10:18 AM
Blair feels your pain, Carrie!
Edited by CaitieUGA, Nov 4, 2007 @ 10:18 AM.
Posted Nov 5, 2007 @ 3:30 PM
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Posted Nov 15, 2007 @ 10:11 AM
I just had a quick question, something that occurred to me tonight: If Blair was a virgin up until her indiscretion with Chuck, was Nate a virgin when he had sex with Serena? I missed a couple of earlier episodes, so maybe that was addressed then. If he was, it makes what they did seem worse.
I think we can assume that he was a virgin as well, since he and Blair have been a couple since they were practically kids, and with Blair's vision of Nate as perfect, it doesn't seem that he ever did anything wrong until Serena.
Posted Nov 15, 2007 @ 8:27 PM
Posted Nov 16, 2007 @ 6:56 AM
I noticed that too. He was still somewhat bland, of course. But I saw instances where there seemed to be some more emotion than usual. One scene that comes to mind is when he was 'depositing' Jenny in the cab- after having waved her off, he gave a sort of genuine smile. It didn't seem wooden, which was nice for a change.
Someone must have prodded Chace with a cattle prod, because he seemed to wake up and start [attempting to] act in the last ep. Which was nice: the boy has some charisma when he's not imitating a coma patient.
Posted Nov 16, 2007 @ 7:53 AM
Posted Nov 16, 2007 @ 4:14 PM
But in his defense, he has always called at midnight as her 'boyfriend'. Also, earlier in the afternoon, during their phone conversation, Nate was giving in to his parent's wishes and going along with it, but he could tell that Blair totally wanted to get back into the relationship and he might have felt that anything on his behalf would make her feel that they were back together..
Posted Dec 5, 2007 @ 10:26 PM
Posted Dec 5, 2007 @ 10:41 PM
He screwed him over in episode 5 during a game of poker, I believe. I wasn't quite paying attention.
What reason does nate have for hating...Carter?
Posted Dec 6, 2007 @ 12:16 AM
Posted Dec 13, 2007 @ 4:39 PM
We'll see though. Last episode he was a bit more proactive I guess and of course it didn't hurt that Chace and Leighton totally sold that reconciliation scene.


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@ChemicalX, I don't think you appreciate the implications of what you are saying. If the password hash is stored anywhere then it is insecure, in that it can be cracked with some (perhaps considerable) effort. Take all look at the Truecrypt docs, particularly the section "Header Key Derivation".
That being the case then the encryption scheme is broken. There is a severe security flaw that allows an attacker to break it with consdiderably less effort than should be required, an amont of effort that an ordinary person with a high end graphics card can muster in a few weeks or months maximum. If they didn't properly salt it then it might even be crackable in seconds via rainbow tables, but I'll give Intel the benefit of the doubt there.
Of course it depends who your attacker is. The average computer theif might not bother, but if you keep corporate secrets on your laptop or are at risk from oppressive regeims you had better not rely on it. I think SSD manufacturers have rushed to add secure sounding AES encryption because Sandforce did it, but it isn't actually anything like as secure or useful as it sounds.
It is possible to design a EEPROM chip that couldn't be read on modern level of science and technology. Take a look on FIPS 140-2 standard. But the question is WHY Intel stores the hash of ATA password in drive controller? Why not just to encrypt the main volume key with this password as TrueCrypt does? Or it least store it in plain text if they made a controller with level 4 security FIPS140 standard. Storing the hash of ATA password is completely pointless in every case!
In addition to increasing the performance of the SSD 320 series over the G2, Intel has also incorporated a few new features to enhance reliability and security. Along with using the over-provisioned space to minimize write amplification and for wear-leveling and other drive maintenance, part of it is also used to store parity data to help prevent data loss in the event of a partial or full NAND device failure. The drive also has an array of capacitors that will supply a bit of power in the event of an outage so the drive can flush its cache and complete and pending write operations. The Intel SSD 320 series drive also offers AES encryption to help protect user data.While discussing the features of the SSD 320 series, Intel was also keen to talk about the reliability of their drives and the work that was done to ensure the SSD 320 series was their most reliable drive yet. One of the slides above shows the miniscule failure rate of Intel's solid state drive offerings in a variety of deployment scenarios. Intel hopes the SSD 320 series drives, despite the fact that they use 25nm NAND flash which is more prone to failures than 34nm NAND (as process geometries go down, NAND is more prone to errors), will be their most reliable yet. Of course, we won't know until the drives have been shipping in volume for some time, if this turns out to be the case, but reliability was clearly a strong focus for Intel with this series of drives.
@ryan29: Thanks for the information about your Gigabyte motherboard and booting the encrypted drive. I have a DS3 I'm going to try that on. I also have an ASUS P8Z68 I'm going to try, probably later this month.
The ATA password is probably stored as a hash to meet the standard. I believe Intel firmware has to verify it has the correct password and they use the hash to do that. As I said earlier in this or another thread the real question is what hash they're using for that. Conceivably we could choose 32 random characters for our ATA password and that random data is used to make the hash. If it's an sha256 hash, well that's ok with me. If you have only 32 characters of input on a one-way maybe there might be some attack for that specific situation? But if it's some xor magic with md5 that's not ok with me.
The bigger elephant in the room for me right now is this 8MB bad ctx crap it needs to be addressed yesterday. We need more "Intel" on the causes and solutions. Yeah, I'm corny.
The ATA password is probably stored as a hash to meet the standard. I believe Intel firmware has to verify it has the correct password and they use the hash to do that. As I said earlier in this or another thread the real question is what hash they're using for that. Conceivably we could choose 32 random characters for our ATA password and that random data is used to make the hash. If it's an sha256 hash, well that's ok with me. If you have only 32 characters of input on a one-way maybe there might be some attack for that specific situation? But if it's some xor magic with md5 that's not ok with me.
The disk volume is encrypted by master key. This key generated during secure erase command and do not change when you change ATA password. That's why you can set password in seconds it because the volume is already encrypted. And because of this you can proceed secure erase in one second its because you need only change master key and the volume became a random garbage without the knowledge of previous key. Ok? This scheme is in use by most full disk encryption software.
Now the question is how this encryption key is stored?
1) It could be stored on insecure chip but encrypted by ATA password. When you set ATA password, controller encrypt master key with this password and store it in insecure EEPROM chip. Then you need to provide ATA password to read the volume because master key is encrypted and couldn't be used to decrypt the volume. But in this case ATA password is not stored anywhere.
2) It could be stored on secured EEPROM chip satisfying the level 4 of FIPS 140-2 standard. In this case controller can be used as an oracle. Nobody can gather information from this secured controller. You can only plug it on and provide correct ATA password to read encrypted volume. In this case controller store master key as a plain text. And ATA password could be stored as plain text as well.
Is it clear? When you need to use hash??? In what case?
Exactly, the design makes no sense. I think either SSDelightful is wrong or the system is not designed to be secure at all. I think the most likely case is that the password is not actually used to encrypt the drive key at all and is merely an ordinary password that the drive requires before it will allow further access. Like most HDD ATA passwords it is probably totally insecure and easy to bypass, meaning there is basically zero protection against anyone who wants the data.
As I said, it's a tickbox feature, basically worthless. As far as I can tell the only company that makes known secure SSDs is Samsung, all the Sandforce ones are as useless as the Intel drives.
In your case 1 you would actually need to have a hash of the password, how else would the drive know it's correct? Encryption doesn't fail if you try to use the wrong key (if you decrypt the master key with a wrong ata password), it just gives you different data.
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In your case 1 you would actually need to have a hash of the password, how else would the drive know it's correct? Encryption doesn't fail if you try to use the wrong key (if you decrypt the master key with a wrong ata password), it just gives you different data.
Yep! Encryption software uses volume header checksum to verify decryption correctness. But really, full SSD encryption not need any header so your words make sense. But why Intel not to clarify and publish the actual scheme of encryption? I am also interested in internal encryption algorithm, are they use LRW/XTS/XEX algorithm or just simple CBC mode of operation? According to Kerckhoffs's principle Intel should publish all details of there encryption system/process.
Or else any speculation are allowed, and even mojo may be right. For now Intel just say: hey guys we use full disc encryption with AES algorithm and store passwords hashed! Be proud that we are concerned about your privacy, believe us we are professionals! Its just a marketing it is not an encryption system description.
I had a bit more time to play around with my disks on the weekend and, regardless of how secure FDE implementation is, I don't know if I'm going to end up using it. I'm a bit disappointed because a lack of FDE was one of the main reasons I took so long to make the jump to SSDs and the promise of FDE was the main reason I bought Intel drives.
In terms of usability (security related below this):
First off, I can't use FDE on my desktop because my motherboard (Gigabyte P35-DS3R) doesn't support ATA password and none of the alternative methods for unlocking the drive work for me. Booting into linux with the drive locked, unlocking it and then rebooting adds about 80 seconds (POST + disk timeouts) to the boot process and using IDE mode incurs too much of a performance penalty, so the ATA Security eXtension BIOS isn't an option.
IMO, this is a big problem for the average user:
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4. In order to provide the absolute best security possible, there are no available password recovery solutions. If you lose or forget your ATA User Password and Master Password, your SSD will remain locked without access to read, write, or erase any data within the device. In this case, your SSD and your data are lost, and cannot be recovered by Intel.
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3. Let's assume that User had set his own ATA User Password and Master Password and then he forgot both of them. Now he's returning the drive as broken. Does his warranty still valid? I can understand that ATA locked device is unreadible, unwritable and unerasable. But is it unservicable?
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Warranty is not valid since SSD works per specification. It is not serviceable by Intel.
Here's an example of someone that has a bricked drive because of a problem that shouldn't exist:
I say the problem shouldn't exist, because the Intel SSD Toolbox should check the 'Master Password Revision Code' (Word 92) and offer to change it as an optimization if it's never been set. At least that way the (average) user has a BIOS independent way of recovering the disk if the need arises.
Like the poster in the linked thread, I also have a Dell laptop. I locked the drive, put it in my desktop (which doesn't support ATA password) and tried to unlock it using 'hdparm'. Dell must transform the password somehow before passing it to the disk since, AFAIK, the ATA password spec doesn't forbid doing so. That means the password could be padded, hashed, salted or transformed in pretty much any way before being passed to the disk. I couldn't figure out what it was and ended having to put the disk back into my laptop to unlock it.
Now, I have no problem losing all my data if I forget my password or my laptop sets it to something weird, but to make the drive unserviceable... The average user might still use the FDE since a bricked drive if their laptop dies is still better than their data being open to casual snooping if the forget their laptop somewhere.
However, if I were a corporate user, I'd be hesistent to buy these if I were tasked with buying drives that support FDE. Running software based FDE like TrueCrypt or BitLocker isn't a very good option and dealing with forgotten passwords is a huge pain. Setting a master password negates the issue, but there isn't a supported tool for setting the master password (that I can find) and, worse yet, there's no best practices documentation (that I can find) for dealing with forgotten user passwords. Do I need to boot into linux, hotplug my disk and use hdparm (this is how I did it)?
I'll likely use a bootable linux disc to set a master password and use the built in ATA password support of my laptop. At least that way I know I can recover the disk if my laptop dies. I had to give up on my desktop.
In terms of the FDE implementation, it definitely needs some clarification.
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Yes, ATA password is used to encrypt the encryption keys stores on the SSD.
I'm extremely skeptical of this claim unless there are actually two copies of the AES encryption key stored on the disk. I booted up my machine with a Debian Live CD and did the following testing.
a) set the user and master password
b) power the disk off / on
c) unlock the disk with the user password
d) mount a partition, access data, unmount the partition
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g) mount a partition, access data, unmount the partition
I was able to access my data using either password. So, if a key derivation function (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_derivation_function) of some type is being used to encrypt the AES key, there has to be two copies of the AES key stored on the disk; one for each password, right? Hopefully someone can repeat my test and confirm it just to be sure I didn't screw something up.
The cut and paste from earlier reads a bit different.
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The encryption keys are securely held within the SSD device, hidden and encrypted using standard security techniques. These keys cannot be read by the user. All Intel SSD 320 Series drives do this. No user intervention is needed to enable data encryption on the NAND devices within the SSD.
What are 'standard security techniques'?
IMO it's far more likely the user / master password is being used to unlock the disk and the disk won't give up the encryption keys until the drive gets put into an 'unlocked' state. Then storing a hash on disk makes sense too since it gets used for password verification. Hopefully I'm wrong.
Maybe the intern that implemented the FDE scheme finished their internship and isn't available to explain how it works ;-)
You can use a BIOS extension for desktops. It works well. http://www.fitzenreiter.de/ata/ata_eng.htm
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You can use a BIOS extension for desktops. It works well. http://www.fitzenreiter.de/ata/ata_eng.htm
That is only IDE, not AHCI and I don't think he plans to update it. I take a fairly big performance hit when I switch to IDE:
I don't understand BIOS stuff well enough, but I found myself wondering why Intel didn't include ATA password support in the ICHxx AHCI BIOS.
I fully agree with you ryan29. Intel needs to release BIOSs for their boards with ATA password support. I bought an Intel desktop board for this very reason, assuming they would surely have it because of their SSDs.
I got more time to play with my disks over the weekend. In my opinion, implementing AES encryption on top of HDD (ATA) password was a mistake. There's no way to guarantee your disk is secure without testing the way your specific system implements ATA password. Others in this thread have already made the point, but I'll give a very specific example.
I have a Dell Studio 1537 laptop. The BIOS has an HDD password. As I mentioned in my previous post, I can't figure out what the user password actually gets set to, so I decided to boot off a linux live cd, set a master ata password and then rely on my laptop's built in HDD user password for day to day use. That way I figured I'd have a way to recover my SSD if my laptop dies and I can't figure out what the user password is set to.
However, while testing to make sure I could actually go back and unlock the SSD after the fact, I realized the master password I set no longer worked. After a decent amount of testing, I'm fairly sure when I set the HDD user password in the BIOS, the HDD master password is also changed. My theory is that Dell has things set up so that whenever I set a user password, the master password gets set to something Dell knows so they can service machines that get returned under warranty. Based on the claims of most HDD unlocking services, the master password is getting set to something that Dell can derive from the service tag.
And that's the problem with building on top of ATA password. For the vast majority of users, their disk is only as secure as the ATA password implementation in their BIOS. If the vendor of the BIOS is setting the HDD master password to something reversible, the whole thing becomes worthless. It doesn't matter what Intel does with the password once it gets to the disk; the system is already broken at a higher level that Intel has no control over.
I can use max security on the disk, but then I'm back to the original problem; I can't figure out how to unlock my SSD using the HDD user password with anything but my laptop. If my laptop dies, my SSD is bricked.
Besides the shortsighted FDE implementation, I'm actually very happy with my disks (as long as my rebates come thorugh ;-).
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2. Support for ATA Passwords within BIOS or other means are system implementation specific. [...] Consult your system manufacturer's documentation, or contact your system manufacturer for support.
The Intel® Desktop Board DQ67SW, DQ67OW, and DQ67EP support the ATA Password functionality, called "HDD Password". On these boards, the HDD password support works in all SATA modes (IDE, RAID, or AHCI). The HDD password will only be applied to the drive on SATA port 0.
3. The ATA Password standards, and therefore Intel SSD 320 Series drives, allow for up to 32 byte passwords and contain no specific password "strength" requirements. 32 bytes enables users to create passwords with significant security "strength". It has been noted that some systems support ATA Passwords which are significantly shorter than 32 characters in length, and contain no password "strength" requirements. The utilization of the ATA Password security interface in system BIOS is system implementation specific. Consult your system manufacturer's documentation, or contact your system manufacturer for support.
I bought an Intel 520 SSD Drive, among other things because of it's claimed strong AES encryption. I'm using an Intel DH67CL Mainboard which is very similiar to the DQ67 series you mentioned.
This board's BIOS however does not allow setting the HDD Password to more than 8 characters. With 8 characters one can support at most 64bit encryption, more realistically (because not all characters can be typed on a keyboard) it's more like 50-55bits of maximum password complexity.
a) Why does Intel offer a completely insecure HDD Password functionality in it's own mainboards for no apparent reason while promoting the encryption capabilities of it's SSD?
b) Does the DQ67 series you mentioned allow longer HDD Passwords than the DH67 Series? If so, why is Intel making the H67 based boards artificially insecure for no apparent reason?
c) When will this be fixed? You mention I should contact my system manufacturer for support. The manufacturer of my system (=Mainboard, BIOS) is Intel (=You)...
I've enabled the ATA Password on my PC and everything works fine.
I now want to move the SSD to another PC and remove the FDE.
What is the exact supported procedure to do that?
Are the steps below correct?
1. Reset the ATA password
2. Dissconnect the drive
3. Run secure erase on other PC
4. reinstall/restore OS, apps and so on.
Can I use an sata to usb adapter to perform step 3 above?
I just want to dubble check before doing anything drastic
Thanks in advance,
To move the drive to another PC remove the password in the original PC first.
You don't have to do a secure erase unless you are giving the drive away, just delete the partitions and start again, in theory running the Intel Optimise function permanently destroys old data. To do a secure erase requires you to hot plug the SSD into the computer after it has booted so that isn't locked to low level security commands. To do this connect the power cable to the drive but disconnect the SATA cable, then reboot, once the system has booted connect the SATA drive cable. I'm not sure if you can do this via USB.


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On November 26, online voting for the Public Eye Awards opened; the competition that puts the spotlight on corporations with a dismal record in terms of social and environmental responsibility.
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Syngenta, Bayer & BASF present a huge threat to bees. These giant multinational companies produce and sell highly toxic pesticides, widely recognized to be responsible for the global decline of bees, and other pollinators. However, with huge profits behind them, these companies continue to maintain significant control over the industrial food system and largely deny the negative impact of the industry on bees and ecosystems; despite scientific evidence demonstrating the opposite, and EU bans on certain pesticides now in place.
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- February 17, 2013 at 8:38 pm(1) david cox says:
Although they cut unemployment benefits in North Carolina, they raised the pay of the Governor's cabinet members. The governor thought they couldn't live on the $100,000 the jobs
paid. Apparently he doesn't care about the people that don't make anything.
- April 13, 2013 at 9:23 pm(2) Nancy says:
Just a note, The EUC08 program that was do to end on December 31, 2013, in North Carolina, McCory just decided he'll just eliminate it effective July 1, 2013 instead.
- June 2, 2013 at 9:23 am(3) thomas says:
its just wrong what they doing to the unemployed people at lease they could've reduce it instead of cutting it off july 1 2013 the storm coming


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SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Saratoga Springs High School prom is this weekend. In advance of the event, students are getting an in-your-face lesson on the dangers of drinking and driving in the form of a mock DWI accident.
The lesson included arrests, multiple victims and a hearse.
The prom will be held at the City Center Saturday night. There are other proms in the area too.
Educators want to make sure prom goers don't end up in the ER or worse.
Police come rushing to the scene of a crash as part of the simulation where there were multiple victims and alcohol was involved.
The scene of this staged incident was in front of Saratoga Springs High School, with several hundred juniors and seniors looking on. They watched one of their class mates go through field sobriety tests. Another was placed on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance. A third was zipped into a body bag and carted to a hearse.
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Cozy – The food is pretty good but what I love most about Green is the atmosphere. The garden in the front, and the old building look inside is awesome. I don't feel like I'm in San Antonio when I sit down to enjoy a delicious veggie burger.
Give's vegetarian food a bad name. – I've been to Green three or four times and I've received the same sad food every time. There is no love in their food. I'm sure the chicken fried wheat meat is pre-made and pre-breaded. Even the mashed potatoes could use some basic salt and pepper. My boyfriend and I also received the overpriced spoonful of hummus with vegetables served on a buffet salad plate. There was only one slice of zucchini in the mix. Vegetarian food can be so much more with some handmade dishes and some herbs and marinades. Service was also lacking. The building and location are nice.
Brave Little Restaurant – Gotta give them some credit, it takes b**ls to open a vegetarian restaurant in a town like San Antonio. If ever there was a home of the Whopper, SA is it. People who give a thought to what they put in their bodies are lucky to have a place like this.
You've been to a typical, American-style family restaurant or diner, right? Basically, this is just a vegetarian version. Good mashed potatoes, nice soups and chilis, sandwiches, and so on--just not meat. Nice breakfast spread.
try it – its a good restaurant.
im not a vegetarian and i liked it.
its not that bad.
you just gotta know what you want.
Great food...bad service – The food is good, but the service is somewhat lacking. While we had no issues with our waiter who provided excellent service, the other employees were rude and look down on you if you are new to eating veg food. Be careful who you ask questions to if you don't like being talked down to.
Delish! So many options I have to go back! – I have been to green about 4 times and have been pleased at each visit. My husband and I only eat out about two meals per week. I cook at home often so I dont mind having a fried entree when I go out.
The chicken fried wheat meat, mashed potatoes, sweet potato fries (well done), refried beans, zucchini enchiladas, brown rice, taco salad, neat loaf and pop corn tofu poboy are all great!
The place is eclectic with staff who are well versed on the menu and vegetarianism.
Green does not claim to be a health oriented eatery, but they have offered healthier options lately. The hummus platter, sweet apple salad, raw wrap and more can be ordered if you choose.
The price is right too.
Best place for Veg*ns! – This place is awesome. The food is always really fresh and delicious (if you're used to vegetarian foods like meat replacements), and the place has a really cool atmosphere. The people are super nice and very helpful. Also, I LOVE how they support the environment by reusing rainwater, buying fair trade/ organic stuff, and biodegradeable packaging!!
I highly recommend this restaurant, especially if you're vegetarian and/or care about the environment.
my favorite vegetarian restaurant in all of san antonio AND austin – Wow, I can't believe the other 2 negative reviews posted here thus far. One was clearly written by a non-vegetarian so I'll dismiss that one and the other I will chalk off to the idea that you can't please everyone and usually the people who take the time to leave reviews about places are the ones who are clearly upset or dissatisfied for whatever reason. I live in Austin but San Antonio is my hometown and I still visit quite a bit and I have been vegetarian for about 6 years now and I eat out VERY often in both cities, so I feel I am qualified to review vegetarian places.
I have been to Green about 6 times now, for various meals, and I have never had a bad meal or experience. All of my vegetarian friends (and even some non-veggie ones) love Green as well, and have never had anything negative to say about it.
It is true that Green has alot of meals comprised of meat substitutes, but I feel that's the beauty of Green. The menu is mainly comprised of vegetarian COMFORT food -- veggie wings, veggie "chicken" fried steak, etc. But, you can also find standard healthy vegetarian options like salads, black bean burgers, etc. So the way I see it, you get the best of both worlds.
I can't think of any other vegetarian restaurant in SA or Austin that has a menu like Green. San Antonians, you should consider yourselves lucky. I am jealous that you have such a treasure like Green in your city!
Sure, Austin has many vegetarian and veggie-friendly restaurants, but none have a menu like Green. (And I am not counting Nu Age Cafe in Austin because that place is overpriced and awful.) My favorite vegetarian restaurant in Austin used to be West Lynn Cafe, but ever since it closed, I was not really excited about any other veggie restaurants until I discovered Green. Not only is it healthy vegetarian food, it is also eco-friendly.
Anyway, I encourage people to try it and if you like it, support it!!!
expensive and gross – I went to green with a vegetarian friend of mine. I was really hungry so everything sounded good. I was excited because on the resturants website there were great reviews. these reviews must have been written by the owners because they did not deliver. We shared a veggie plate with raw hummus, it was a horrible presentation and way overpriced. They just threw some sliced raw veggies on a plate practically threw it on the table when it was delivered. Not impressed. Then I got a salad to start, just what u expect from a salad, nothing more nothing less. My friend got the popcorn tofu sandwich, she didn't have much to say about it. The only thing we both liked were the sweet potato fries even though they looked like they were scraped from the bottom of the batch. I had the sesame chicken which said it was tossed in sauce, when it arrived it looked alright but there was definatley no tossing. If there was anything that could save this dish it would have been the sauce. Too bad the sauce was mediocre. I could have done a better job at home. The "chicken" is actually made from "wheat meat", which half way through, sorta got limp and turned greyish. Totally made me loose my appitite. If I were a vegetarian for real, this place would have made me have a serious change of heart. I was craving a burger after all of that. At least I can say I tried, I just wish green would try too!
If you like anything fried....This is the place!!! – For being the only truely vegetarian restaurant in San Antonio, I expected a variety of healthy options. I am not a vegetarian and expected to find some foods that were truely vegetarian and tasty. Instead, they offer meatless burgers, philly cheesesteak and a variety of want to be meat products that are absolutely awful. Not only this, but just about every side that they offer is fried. Not what you would expect from the supposedly health concious vegetarians. I WILL NEVER EAT HERE AGAIN!!
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Meeting Minutes
April 26, 2011
Attendance: Ellis Bennett, Diane Belz, Jessica Cicchinelli, Bruce Deakyne, Colin Finch, Tyler Goering, Spencer Graham, Cheryl Kent, Nan Lu, Alicia Muirhead, Steve Najera, Sam Rhoade, Dan Rummel, Zack Strang.
- CALL TO ORDER: 5:35 pm.
Ms. Muirhead motioned to approve the minutes for April 12th with corrections. Mr. Graham seconded. Motion passes 5-0-0.
- Executive Team Reports/ Task Team Reports
- Mr, Najera- An update on the ice rink- they began work on it on Monday and the timeline is 4-6 weeks depending on how bad the oil is and how many cleanings they need to do. We did phase one of the roof update but it was not a solution to the issue so we are trying to figure out whether we want to go to Phase 2 or not (an $80,000 project) or do we want to wait a year and a half to get it fixed?
- Mr. Graham- I think that it would be a good idea to save that money if those leaks are not too bad.
- Mr. Najera- My suggestion is to go with it until the winter and then reevaluate it then. We did inform Finance Board already anyways.
- Ms. Kent- I don't think we should go with the SOR funds yet because we have not passed this project yet and we still have some patch dollars that we can use in the meantime.
- Mr. Najera- Maintenance week starts May 9th so we will be doing some work with the HVAC system, some re-carpeting, some of the tiling in the locker rooms and a steam valve (~$13,000)
- Mr. Najera- We also have a student staff breakfast on Tuesday May 3rd 9-10:30 am.
- Ms. Lu- I am looking at closing this year's budget for the heads up.
- Mr. Jorgenson- Both searches are going on right now, which closes this Saturday.
- Mr. Goering- We put together 10 calling questions for the first round of calls and a list of questions for the first round of interviews.
- Mr. Jorgensen- the objective is to hire around July 4th. The GA position right now has 10 applicants. Their office will most likely be next to the Childcare center, which is closing around July 1st.
The five criteria:
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-Interpersonal skills (communication- written and oral) and listening
-Organizational skills
-Broad interest in fitness and wellness and social factors
- Chair's Report
- Mr. Deakyne- We went to Finance Board last week to present the third quarter report
- Director's Report
- Ms. Kent- We have a few things going on with the project and it looks like we will be going to the Reagents in June. Bruce, myself and several other folk with be meeting with Andrew Yoder and maybe Carly. We need to have convincing and communication to the Board that this is a good idea and the student vote is definitely helpful. It does not hurt to have a parent or two to send an email and express their support of the project. If you want to you should write editorials and blogs to gain media attention around the project.
- Mr. Goering- the best thing to do is to find comments that have misinformation on it and correct it so that the right information is out there for the public.
- Mr. Najera- After the election there was a lot of excitement around the project and since it has kind of tempered a little a bit so maybe we should explain that to the Board.
- Ms. Kent- The three campuses are combining as one and with the big increases in tuition there are concerns that we have to raise tuition with declining revenues, so it is hard to justify cuts when it comes to programs and services. There is no reason that we can't continue but we do need to see this as a hurdle and see this as phase two of the project. Our VCs seem unified in terms of being in favor of the project and so now we are determining the best way to bring it forward.
- Mr. Finch- not passing the project would be a slap in the face to the students because they are the ones who passed this project and their decision should be highly valued.
- Ms. Kent- It is really the student government and student leaders' role to put pressure on this and we have an autonomy agreement.
- Mr. Goering- speaking from a CUSG standpoint, we are all pro-Rec Center so we will be pushing this.
- Mr. Najera- Any time there are fee hikes or anything the Reagents get blamed so I think that they want to make sure that they will be supported.
- Ms. Kent- We have Club Sports Banquet tomorrow night and the Thursday morning gathering here so if you guys can make it please do.
- New Business
- Campus Tours
- Mr. Deakyne- I have been hearing that the tours that are going around are starting to give misinformation. Jess you used to give campus tours, do you have any suggestions?
- Ms. Cicchinelli- You should send out an email with talking points because only a small portion of ambassadors actually go to the meetings.
- Mr. Jorgensen- I have heard them for years giving information that is wrong and this is hard to control. I think that they want to entertain and liven it up so it may stray from the truth sometimes.
- Ms. Cicchinelli- They send a lot of information and require a lot from the ambassadors that may make people lose interest.
- Mr. Deakyne- If you can think of any good talking points then shoot me an email.
- Mr. Rummel- Tell them to stick to the basics instead of spicing it up so much because that's when misinformation happens.
- Announcements
- Mr. Finch- There are some companies that will advertise
- Mr. Jorgensen- REACH gives a cut each year that did allow us to get the TVs downstairs but they do promise a lot and not deliver.
- Adjournment at 6:18 pm.
Mr. Strang motioned to adjourn and Ms. Chichinelli seconded. Motion passes 7-0-0.


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ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS about the repatriation of the Danilov bells. Father Roman is the head bell ringer at the Danilov Monastery, the seat of the Holy Synod. But the first time he rang the monastery's original bells was in 2003, at Harvard's Lowell House, where they had hung since the early years of Stalin's Terror, when bell ringing was banned in Soviet Russia. The writer met Father Roman this past June, when he returned to Harvard to help commemorate the bells' repatriation. Cast between 1682 and 1907, the eighteen Danilov bells are one of only a few intact sets of pre-Revolutionary Russian bells in existence. In the nineteen-thirties, the Danilov Monastery was converted into a "colony" for the children of dissidents. In 1930, American philanthropist Charles R. Crane purchased the Danilov bells and donated them to Harvard. The bells hung in Lowell House, where they rang on Sundays—as well as after home football victories—for more than seventy years. Danilov became the first monastery to be officially returned to the Russian Orthodox Church, in 1983. In Russian history and culture, church bells occupy a mysteriously important position. Their tolling, Father Roman said, has been known to bring hard-hearted people to repentance, and to dissuade would-be murderers and suicides. Whereas Western European bells are tuned to produce familiar major and minor chords, a Russian bell is prized for its individual, untuned voice, producing rhythmic layered peals. Russian bells are given names like Swan, Bear, or Sheep, and are considered to be capable of suffering. Mentions Konstantin Saradzhev, "Moscow's most famous bell ringer." Tells the story of Boris Godunov and one of Ivan the Terrible's heirs, Dmitri. Under Stalin, bell ringing was prohibited by law, and thousands of tons of bells were destroyed. Mentions Thomas Whittemore, Luis Campos, Viktor Vekselberg, and bell ringer Konstantin Mishurovsky. The removal, transportation, and replacement of the Lowell House bells were comparatively inexpensive, costing around ten million dollars. Harvard commissioned a set of replicas of the Danilov bells for Lowell House which were cast by Vera. Mentions Valery Anisimov. On September 12th, Patriarch Alexei II blessed the new bells at Danilov, in a ceremony attended by Vekselberg, Pres. Dmitri Medvedev, a Harvard delegation, and thousands of Orthodox believers. It took several months to install the bells in the monastery's belfry, where their first tolls rang out on March 17th.
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Serenity wrote:Same scenario here 20-25mph. I eventually slowed down when I saw a string of cars coming in the other lane, came to a complete stop and put my hazards on. There was no other car behind him and I got the finger as he went by but it was worth it. I took my hazard lights off and kept driving hoping to see him spun out up ahead.
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I also got the finger as while they were tailgating me... I gently stepped
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I have an AWD and it felt OK driving at slow speeds.... but when
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As preparations were being made across the country for today's historic inauguration, kindergarten students at the Antioch School in Yellow Springs spent time discussing what it means to have a new President during class last week. WYSO's Emily McCord joined them in the conversation, and began by asking them what is most important to them about the inauguration.
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